Over the course of millions of years, heat and pressure can transform the organic remains of animals and plants into crude oil. That's why they're called a fossil fuels — the long-dead creatures that ...

It was a battle environmentalists thought they had won years ago. But fracking – the controversial technology for extracting ...

Austin Warehime is determined to protect his family and neighbors in Appalachia from the dangers they can't see. A Guernsey County native who returned home, Warehime is an oil and gas attorney for ...

We already know that hydraulic fracturing—the process of injecting millions of gallons of water and chemicals deep into the earth to exploit the natural gas trapped inside rock—can likely help cause ...

What is fracking? You may have heard about the effects this oil and gas extraction technique have on the environment, but its impacts extend far beyond that. Between 2007 and 2016, oil production in ...

Fracking is an extreme method of oil and gas extraction that involves blasting huge amounts of water — mixed with sand and toxic chemicals — under high pressure deep into the earth. Fracking breaks up ...

A state commission on Friday decided to allow fracking at a state park and a wildlife area in eastern Ohio. The Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission will accept bids for fracking at more than 8 ...